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The Sheep Beside the Sea

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Documentary telling the unlikely story of a banished flock of stoic sheep. 200 years ago they were turned out of their meadows on North Ronaldsay, the most northerly of the Orkney Islands. They were forced to eke out a living on the island's rocky windswept beach, a home they still share today with seals and seabirds. But, deprived of grass, how on earth have they managed to survive?